Actress and comedian Ali Wentworth is a victim of the CCP virus, she is bedridden and quarantined for two weeks in her New York apartment according to her post on Instagram.
“I have tested positive for the coronavirus. I’ve never been sicker,” Wentworth wrote on Instagram on Wednesday. “High fever. Horrific body aches. Heavy chest. I’m quarantined from my family. This is pure misery,” she added with the hashtag #stayhome.
On Thursday, she appeared on Good Morning America, which is hosted by her husband, ABC News chief anchor George Stephanopoulos. She spoke candidly about how it is to be stricken by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as the novel coronavirus, that causes COVID-19.
Before sharing about her condition, Wentworth thanked her followers for their supportive messages and broke the ice by quipping that she appeared without makeup on national television. Then she digressed about fairly common symptoms like extreme fatigue and tightness in the chest.
“What started was I had a real tightness in my chest,” the 55-year-old continued. “I was walking my dog, Cooper, and I just felt very, very winded, and I assumed, of course, it was because I never work out and I’m out of shape, but it was—it was too heavy for that.”
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“And I came home, wasn’t feeling great, and it wasn’t until the fever started that I realized this can’t be a common summer cold,” Wentworth said. “I went and got tested … which was three days ago, and now I’ve had high fevers, sort of 101, 103 [degrees Fahrenheit].
Luckily, Wentworth, 55, has closed herself in her bedroom since Monday and fortunately has her husband to look after her and to get her food. Their two teenage daughters who also live with the couple in their New York City apartment, however, are not allowed to enter the room.
Stephanopoulos wondered if he might have gotten the virus himself without developing any symptoms.
“Remember that so many of us in New York City are already presumed to have had it,” he said. “I wonder myself whether I already had maybe a mild version and just didn’t even know it, just there’s no way to know, right now.”
“I’m taking care of myself. If I develop symptoms, I’ll obviously go get the test,” Stephanopoulos added. “We’re acting basically to the outside world as if we had it. We’re staying inside the house. I’m the only one who goes in and out [of her room].”
New York City has become a national hotspot for the CCP virus, with over 1.500 reported deaths due to the virus.
